Saras v ati; "The formless worlds assume form to the
corresponding' consciousness. . Even the worlds created by the
imagination of the man cannot be seen by that same man's
physical eye."

Lila : ^And shalt thou go there \ in the same body that
thou wearest now ?"

Sarasvati : ^Yes, for mine is already a Manomaya Delia
(mental body)(1). Thou too couldst make one with long
practice. Nothing* is]accomplished without practice."

After this conversation beside the body of Padma in the
closed room, filled with the fragrance of the flowers on which.
it was reposing", the two entered into Samadhi, holding- their
bodies motionless like statues carved in stone. Casting off
all consciousness of outer things they retired into themselves
like lotus flowers at the end of day, and became motionless
like the white clouds resting against a mountain-peak in the
absence of the breeze.

Then they rose into space, stretching through endless
millions of yojanas(2), the Goddess in her own old form, and
the human in a Jn.ana"body(3) suited to that experience.

(Note:—The text summarised in the above chapter is
very difficult to follow, because in it metaphysic loses its
preliminary character of theory, and, in combination with
psychic matters, appears as a practical occult science of which

(1) [A Mayavi-rupa, formed at will, by the trained will, out of mental
matter, and capable of being changed and adapted to varying conditions
by the same will. A D^va or Devi normally uses such a body, when
functioning in the three worlds, but a high Revi, such as Sarasvatig
would have the Jnana body spoken of later, and the Manomaya Delia
she speaks of would be put forth from it. A.B.]

(2) A yojana is about eight miles.

(3) [Knowledge-body. A cosmic body formed by the aid of Sarasvati
Occult students will recognise its nature from the experiences related.
and the hints given in a later note. A.B.] -